- louder
- softer
MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
MA Draft STE Standards:
Physical Sciences/Matter and Its Interactions/PS4.B: Apply their understanding in their play of how to change volume and pitch of some sounds.
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Greeting Song: “Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee” #5
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STEM Key Concepts: Sounds have a source; Different objects make different sounds; Sounds vary in three ways: volume, pitch, and timbre
ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Phonological Awareness
Sing “Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee” with children. Have each child follow your direction and say his or her name louder or softer than the child before.
- Tell children they will sing along with you to each child.
- Point to a child next to you and explain that you will sing to <child's name> first and then go around the circle singing to each child.
Explain that before singing to each child, you will call out "Louder!" or "Softer!" and the next child has to say their name louder or softer than the child before them. Say,
- You will have to listen carefully as each child says his or her name so when it is your turn, you can say your name louder or softer.
- Model one round with a volunteer. Before each child says his or her name, say the term louder or softer, using a loud or soft voice, as a prompt.
Hickety, Pickety, Bumblebee
Won’t you say your name for me? (child says his or her name)
Let’s all whisper it. (all children whisper it)
Let’s all stomp it. (all children stomp it)
Let’s all clap it. (all children clap the syllables)
Let’s all shout it! (all children shout it)